I know these rails we're on like I know my lady's smile,We see a dozen dreams in every passing mile.Can't begin to count the trips she and I have made,But I wish I had a dollar for each time we've both been down this grade.

[Chorus]And a hundred thousand tons of steel, made to roll.The brakes don't work and this grade's too steep, her engine's sure to blow.And a hundred thousand tons of steel, out of control,She's more a roller coaster than the train I used to know.

It's one hell of an understatement, to say she can't be beat.She's temperamental, more a bitch than a machine.She wasn't built to travel at speed or through mud slides.These wheels are bound to jump the tracks before they burn like the ties

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Murphy sure out done himself to pick this stretch of trackI can only hope my luck is ridin' in the back.Well I have pray to god this ain't the day we meet,I've done about everything, but try dragging my feet.